Fox Business: LEGO Movie "Anti-Capitalist"
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Now I definitely need to see this movie, if only to piss off Fox News and their moronic 'experts.'
As much as I hate to be fair to Fox (lord knows they don't deserve it) let's be fair about one thing: they aren't doing anything different than a lot of other groups when they are portrayed in a less than flattering light by the media. They ***** about being the bad guy, complain about the lack of positivity, and leap to claims of media's impact on out societal values.
Still crazy, but in a culture so devoted to examining the impact of portraying [X] in a certain way, largely understandable. While I don't agree with it, I can even understand the point: how often are the wealthy in movies good hard working people and their devotion to their companies the right moral choice, while the poor aren't being kept down by anything but their own choices?
Still crazy, but in a culture so devoted to examining the impact of portraying [X] in a certain way, largely understandable. While I don't agree with it, I can even understand the point: how often are the wealthy in movies good hard working people and their devotion to their companies the right moral choice, while the poor aren't being kept down by anything but their own choices?
Only fox news could look at a multimillion dollar movie made in a billion dollar industry based off of one of the longest and best selling toys and a slew of other multimillion dollar franchises all acted out by high paid Hollywood stars and call it anti-capitalist.
what's wrong with them?
what's wrong with them?
Oh, sure, Fox. Corporations are sacrosanct. Corporations can do no wrong. Corporations are as white as the driven snow.
I'm at least somewhat thankful that a lot of people understand that Fox professes to offer "entertainment" over info. If anything, the corporate structure has always been and always will be a prime target for villains. Their business models in and of themselves don't have the biggest human element in the book.
Not to mention that, yeah, this is akin to the Righties decrying Avatar for being environmentalist fodder, when James Cameron was partially funded by McDonalds. Lego is a corpo, so is Warner Bros. - so yeah. Fox is being selective in its logic, as always.
I'm at least somewhat thankful that a lot of people understand that Fox professes to offer "entertainment" over info. If anything, the corporate structure has always been and always will be a prime target for villains. Their business models in and of themselves don't have the biggest human element in the book.
Not to mention that, yeah, this is akin to the Righties decrying Avatar for being environmentalist fodder, when James Cameron was partially funded by McDonalds. Lego is a corpo, so is Warner Bros. - so yeah. Fox is being selective in its logic, as always.
Honestly this is the stupiest part:
whiny naive college students people who think that everyone with more money than them is a horrible bloodsucking monster.
That said, LOL @ the idea of a LEGO movie being "Anti-Capitalist"
Very easily...? Have you not been paying attention Fox? There was this whole "occupy" thing that happened. And even before that there has always been a section of
That said, LOL @ the idea of a LEGO movie being "Anti-Capitalist"
I like how butthurt everyone is about this. Fox has now made even more views and has gotten free advertisement because of this.
I've seen through the years quite a few extreme ways people go to try and get rich. Not just people, but corporations. This whole debacle about net neutrality being taken away is a good example of how companies will screw over their customers just to make a bit more money.
It's stuff like that which makes me think capitalism is flawed. The primary reason it is flawed is because it promotes selfishness on a massive scale. I want to say the only thing that stands in some people's way is the law, but that doesn't even stop them.
What annoys me most is the people that are filthy stinking rich that still feel the need to do whatever they can to get more money.
Anyway, I could go on and on and on, but I think I've made my point for now.
It's stuff like that which makes me think capitalism is flawed. The primary reason it is flawed is because it promotes selfishness on a massive scale. I want to say the only thing that stands in some people's way is the law, but that doesn't even stop them.
What annoys me most is the people that are filthy stinking rich that still feel the need to do whatever they can to get more money.
Anyway, I could go on and on and on, but I think I've made my point for now.
That whole situation was weird. First it started with just another whiny protest, or as a reaction to the TEA party movement (which at this point had long since been taken over). Then the people they were protesting seemed to go out of the way to prove them right.major_chaos said:
Then both parties decided that it would be great to use the two former youth movements as proxy targets for their establishment opponents.
Feel this is appropriate as a reflection of what they've tried in the past towards films such as this: Fox News attacking The Muppets Movie for "Dangerous Liberal Agenda."
Because when you leave youself in a position to have your arse handed to you but a stuffed pig, you deserve everything coming to you.
Because when you leave youself in a position to have your arse handed to you but a stuffed pig, you deserve everything coming to you.
Am I the only one snickering about the two ways this sentence can be interpreted?Dormin111 said:
That's what I was thinking. I can't see how you can accuse "The Lego Movie" of being anti-capitalist unless it told you not to buy Lego toys, lego games, lego lunchboxes, and to boycott legoland too. Even then, it's a movie that's out there to make money.Phrozenflame500 said:
I just hope that Fox realizes how whiny and stupid they make conservatives look.
The far left in Hollywood only hire Republicans because they're large and greedy corporations...lulwhut?
Fox Business is even less worthy of listening to than Fox News. Both have an aged audience (median age 68) that have no link to the subject. By which I mean that no genuine businessman would watch Fox Business, just like no person interested in news would watch Fox News.
Fox Business is even less worthy of listening to than Fox News. Both have an aged audience (median age 68) that have no link to the subject. By which I mean that no genuine businessman would watch Fox Business, just like no person interested in news would watch Fox News.
Not to mention LEGO is still privately owned, so it's not a corporation at all. Not that the LEGO company made the movie, but that seems to be the common argument.Dormin111 said: